FIRST LESSON SOUNDS OF SPANISH SPANISH COURSE

EN EL NOMBRE DEL PADRE, DEL HIJO , DEL ESPIRITU SANTO. AMEN

GLORIA AL PADRE, GLORIA AL HIJO, GLORIA AL ESPIRITU SANTO, COMO ERA EN UN PRINCIPIO AHORA Y SIEMPRE, POR LOS SIGLOS DE LOS SIGLOS. AMEN

o as in clock u as in drew e as in pet i as in feet a as in hat Sounds of Spanish The good news about Spanish pronunciation is that it obeys clear phonetic rules, although people do speak with different accents, depending on their region and background. Vowels Each of the five vowels has its own clear sharp sound: a as in hat e as in pet i as in feet o as in clock u as in drew  

Sounds of Spanish 1) A (aa) apple=manzana 2) B (be) bed= cama 3) C (ce) cent= centavo 4) CH (che) chess=ajedrez 5) D (de) doctor=doctor 6) E (e) elephant=elefante 7) F (efe) father=papá 8) G (he) glue- pegamento 9) H (ache) hour= hora Hammer= martillo 10) I (ee) image= imagen 11) J (ho-ta) 12) K (ka) kiss = beso 13) L (el-le) lemon- limon 14) LL (eh’ye) y 15) M (eme)mother= mamá 16) N (ene)number=numero 17) Ñ (en-ye) 18) O (o) open= abierto 19) P (pe) pen=pluma 20) Q (coo) quick=rapido 21) R (ere) radio=radio

Sounds of Spanish 22) RR (erre) 23) S (ese) sad= triste 24) T (te) tea = té 25) U (ew) 26) V (ve) violin= violín 27) W (doble-ew) 28) X (e-kees) 29) Y (ee-gree-eh-ga) 30) Z (seh’ta)

Sounds of Spanish c's and z's The famous Castilian lisp, that sounds like the English 'th' in thick, is applied to ce, ci and z. You find it in centro, plaza and in names like Cibeles and Preciados. Latin American and southern Spanish speakers, though, pronounce these sounds as an 's'. When c is followed by the other vowels it's always a hard 'k' sound, as in calle, Cuenca, Colombia.  

J, as in Jardines, is a harder, stronger version of the English 'h'. Sounds of Spanish j's and g's J, as in Jardines, is a harder, stronger version of the English 'h'. G, when followed by e and i, sounds exactly the same as j. Otherwise, it is pronounced as the English 'g' in go.   ll's The double ll, as in calle, is another characteristic Spanish sound. It's like the 'lli' in the English million but you can also hear it pronounced like the 'y' in yes.

Sounds of Spanish v's and b's ch's and h's By looking at the numbers you can pick up a few more tips on Spanish pronunciation:   v's and b's They both have the same sound, like a soft English b, as you'll hear if you listen closely to the word for 9 - nueve. ch's and h's Ocho, 8. You won't have much trouble with ch, because it is the same as in English. You'll also hear it in words like coche, car. The “h” on its own, however, is completely silent: hola sounds like "ola".

Sounds of Spanish c's and q's Cu, as in the number 4 = cuatro is always pronounced as a cw. The same goes for the question words cuándo?=when? or cuánto? = how much? Que and qui sound like the English k, so parque sounds like "parke" or aquí sounds like "akee".   s's The s at the end of words like dos and tres normally sounds like the English s but in the south of Spain, the Canary Islands, and parts of Latin America, it can sound more like a soft h: "doh", "treh".

Personal Pronouns Personal pronouns in Spanish are used almost the same way as their English equivalents. However, the main difference is that in Spanish they do not need to be expressed since the verb itself will identify the subject. This happens in English with the third person singular of the present tense (to think-> thinks), where the -s shows us that we're dealing with a he, she or it, although in English the pronoun is never omitted with the exception of the imperative ("Sit down!", not "You, sit down!"), unless we want to emphasize on the person being addressed with the command. In Spanish, a pronoun is only needed when refering to a third person (singular or plural) for proper identification purposes since it can be a "she", a "he" or even a formal second person singular. In the plural, the verb ending could be referring to a "they" (masculine or feminine) or to "ustedes", a form of the second person plural used by everyone in all the Hispanic countries, except in Spain, where "vosotros" is preferred.    

Personal Pronouns The "Vos" Pronoun   There is also another second person singular ("vos") used in some Latin American countries (especially the ones in the South Cone [Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay], although in some Central American countries it is also used [Costa Rica, for example]).

Personal Pronouns Singular Plural Yo (I) Nosotros/nosotras (we: masculine/feminine) Tú/vos/ usted(you/you/formal 'you' singular) Vosotros/vosotras/ustedes (you all: masculine/feminine) El/ella (He/She) Ellos/ellas (they: masculine/feminine)  

Personal Pronouns Some examples: Spanish English Yo quiero estudiar or Quiero estudiar I want to study Tú quieres comer or Quieres comer You want to eat *Ella quiere correr or Quiere correr She wants to run *Ellos quieren hablar or Quieren hablar They want to talk Notice how in Spanish the verb ending identifies the subject, except when using a third person, in which case we have several possibilities. In those cases you will find that either the subject is identified through the use of the personal pronoun or name, or it has been identified in a previous sentence

Personal Pronouns The words for 'I', 'you', etc.: yos and tú In Spanish, you often don't need a separate word for I, you, we, etc, as the information is all there in the verb itself: soy I'm Soy de Canarias. I'm from the Canaries. eres you are ¿De dónde eres? Where are you from? vamos we go Vamos al cine. We go to the cinema. The words I, you, etc, do exist but are used mainly for emphasis or contrast:   Yo soy de Canarias. Me, I'm from the Canaries.  

Lesson 1 This Week's New Words adiós - goodbye bien - good, well él - he, him ella - she, her ellas - they (female) ellos - they (male) hola - hello Yo soy.....- I am

This Week's New Words gracias - thank you lo siento - I'm sorry nosotros - us, we (plural) señor - sir, mister señora - madame señorita - miss tú - you (informal) usted - you (formal) ustedes - you (plural, formal) yo - I

Numbers 1-10 0 cero 1 uno 2 dos 3 tres 4 cuatro 5 cinco 6 seis 7 siete 8 ocho 9 nueve 10 diez

la casa - house la cocina - kitchen el cuarto - room NOUNS la casa - house la cocina - kitchen el cuarto - room el baño - bathroom la mesa - table la pared - wall

el teléfono - telephone la televisión - television la ventana - window NOUNS la puerta - door la silla - chair el teléfono - telephone la televisión - television la ventana - window

ADJECTIVES antipático(-a) - unpleasant bonito(-a) - pretty bueno(-a) - good/well cómodo(-a) - comfortable contento(-a) - happy/glad enfermo(-a) - sick, ill feo(-a) - ugly

ADJECTIVES grande - big limpio(-a) - clean malo(-a) - bad nervioso(-a) - nervous simpático(-a) - pleasant, nice sucio(-a) - dirty tranquilo(-a) - calm viejo(-a) - old

Colors blanco(-a) - white amarillo(-a) - yellow anaranjado(-a) - orange rosado(-a) - pink rojo(-a) - red azul - blue verde - green café, marrón - brown gris - grey negro(-a) - black